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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Recapitulation
Conductor
Octave
2. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Grazioso
Chromatic scale
Chord progression
Finale
3. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Ligature
Cadenza
Key signature
Classicism
4. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Tuning
Dynamics
Mezzo
Coda
5. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Temperament
Interlude
Gavotte
Castrato
6. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Tone less
Tune
Fifth
Concert master
7. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Motif
Measure
Renaissance
Tempo
8. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Chord
Minor
Pizzicato
Pentatonic Scale
9. Either of the two octave arrangements in modern music. The modes are either major or minor.
Modes
Renaissance
Etude
Tritone
10. Refers to any great composer - conductor - or teacher of music.
Voice
Maestro
Cadenza
Part
11. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Harmony
Tremolo
Hymn
Tonic
12. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Rondo
Recapitulation
Reed
Courante
13. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Minuet
Clef
Classical
Timbre
14. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Presto
Chord
Relative major and minor
Dynamics
15. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Conductor
Fifth
Atonal
16. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Chorus
Choir
Ligature
Clavier
17. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Consonance
String Quartet
Triple time
Gregorian Chant
18. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Whole-tone scale
Sequence
Ostinato
Neoclassical
19. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Relative major and minor
Part
Pitch
Register
20. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Etude
Finale
Nocturne
21. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Reed
Contralto
March
Overture
22. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Clef
Musicology
Unison
Trill
23. Eight full tones above the key note where the scale begins and ends.
Falsetto
Vivace
Octave
Partial
24. A repeated phrase.
Ostinato
Forte
Leading note
Musette
25. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Deceptive cadence
Concerto
Octet
Whole-tone scale
26. A set of seven musicians who perform a composition written for seven parts.
Septet
Scherzo
Espressivo
Atonal
27. Vocal composition written for three or more solo parts - usually without instrumental accompaniment.
Key
Glee
Encore
Etude
28. A short or brief sonata.
Energico
Sonatina
Progression
Modulation
29. A direction to play expressively.
Development
Tutti
Espressivo
Tritone
30. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Cantata
Interval
Ornaments
Triple time
31. The frequency of a note determining how high or low it sounds.
Pitch
Canon
Gavotte
Ligature
32. Pertaining to the sonata form - a fast movement in triple time.
Chant
Treble
Fourth
Scherzo
33. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Coda
Homophony
Recitative
Piano
34. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Timbre
Staccato
Natural
Polyphony
35. String instruments that are picked instead of bowed.
Slur
Pizzicato
Modulation
Stretto
36. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Recitative
Song cycle
Quintet
Trio
37. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Fifth
Classicism
Prelude
38. A system of notation for stringed instruments. The notes are indicated by the finger positions.
Musette
Tablature
Overture
Staff
39. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Opus
Triad
Major
Staff
40. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Klangfarbenmelodie
Slur
Piano
Coda
41. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Musicology
Twelve-tone music
Voice
Pitch
42. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Motif
Root
Refrain
Allegro
43. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Classical
Leading note
Consonance
Ornaments
44. A combination of two or more staves on which all the notes are vertically aligned and performed simultaneously in differing registers and instruments.
Flat
Scordatura
System
Leading note
45. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Allegro
Whole-tone scale
Opus
Reed
46. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Natural
Presto
Temperament
Grave
47. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Virtuoso
Tune
Temperament
Polytonality
48. Indicating speed.
Counterpoint
Expressionism
Introduction
Tempo
49. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Whole note
Staccato
Overture
Da Capo
50. Movement or passage that concludes the musical composition.
Opera
Major
Finale
Development